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Christmas Trees & Other Plants
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Best of Care2: Holiday Decorating and Entertaining 
 "Dozens of great holiday ideas ... to help us wrap, decorate, entertain, celebrate, and contact and give gifts to friends and family" in an environmentally friendly manner during the winter holidays. Provides decorating suggestions for mantles, tables, and tree trimmings. Projects include snowflakes made from recycled paper, pinecone placeholders, edible centerpieces, an eco-friendly dreidel, and a Kwanzaa candleholder. Also includes links to decorating ideas for other holidays. A website "for people who Care2 make a difference." http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-best-of-care2-holiday-decorating.html Topics: Christmas, Environment, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Christmas Trees & More
Information about Christmas tree types, selection and care, and traditions. Includes recipes for cookie ornaments, fun facts, and related links. From the University of Illinois Extension. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/trees/ Topics: Christmas, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays & Observances, Plants Last updated Sep 14, 2009 Cultural Requirements of Indoor Holiday Gift Plants
This chart provides care requirements for common winter and holiday plants such as amaryllis, Christmas cactus, cyclamen, and poinsettias. Discusses light preference, watering, temperature, feeding, transplanting, maintenance, and related topics. From The New York Botanical Garden. http://www.nybg.org/hgc_online/fact_sheets_detail.php?id_fact_sheet=5 Topics: Christmas, Gardening, Holidays & Observances, Plants Last updated Nov 20, 2009 Deck the Halls With Less Waste This Year!
This collection of holiday waste reduction tip sheets features ideas for no-waste gift-giving and gift-wrapping, reducing waste when opening gifts, and options for recycling Christmas trees. From the California Integrated Waste Management Board. http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/PublicEd/Holidays/ Topics: Christmas, Crafts, Environment, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism, Technology Last updated Nov 2, 2004 Demand Grows for Upside-Down Christmas Trees
Audio of a November 2005 radio program that looks at the "latest rage in holiday decorating": upside-down Christmas trees. "Originally a retailer's trick to gain more floor space for products, upside-down Christmas trees are catching on for home use." Program also considers the history of the 12th-century tradition in Central Europe of upside-down trees representing the Holy Trinity. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5006258 Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances Last updated Dec 8, 2005 Fake Trees Turn Christmas on Its Head
November 2005 news article describing the recent trend of hanging Christmas trees upside-down from the wall or ceiling. The author cites "a 12th-century tradition in Central Europe" of hanging trees upside-down. From USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2005-11-07-christmas-trees_x.htm Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances Last updated Dec 8, 2005 National Christmas Tree Association
This industry organization promotes the use of real Christmas trees in the United States. The site features a description of tree types, tree care tips, recycling information, and a searchable database for locating tree vendors. Also includes information about the official White House Christmas tree. http://www.realchristmastrees.org/ Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances, Plants Last updated Dec 2, 2003 National Christmas Tree Program
Provides information about the annual lighting of the national Christmas tree at President's Park on the White House grounds. Includes an extensive history of national Christmas trees from 1923 to the present and an essay highlighting significant events in the history of the Capitol tree ceremony. From the National Park Service (NPS). http://www.nps.gov/whho/national_christmas_tree_program.htm Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances Last updated Dec 9, 2007 Natural History of Holiday Plants
This exhibit features natural history for selected plants commonly associated with winter holidays, such as the Christmas tree, poinsettia, holly, mistletoe, and Christmas cactus. Includes an extended list of holiday plants (with common spice and herb plants), and answers to questions such as whether male or female holly plants are most often used in holiday decorating, and what day length and darkness have to do with holiday flowers. From the San Diego Natural History Museum. http://www.sdnhm.org/research/botany/hp_photos.html Topics: Christmas Last updated Dec 10, 2007 The Poinsettia Pages
History, lore, facts and figures, selection, and tips for caring for poinsettia plants. Includes a FAQ, instructions for getting poinsettias to reflower, and related links. From the University of Illinois Extension. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/poinsettia/index.cfm Topics: Christmas, Gardening, Holidays & Observances, Plants, Plants by Name Last updated Sep 14, 2009 |
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